Emma Pooley: Rider Profile

EMMA POOLEY

Date of birth: 03/10/1982

From: Wandsworth, London

Team: Lotto-Belisol Ladies

Previous teams: Bigla (2013), AA Drink (2012), Garmin-Cervelo (2011), Cervelo Test Team (2009-10), Team Specialized Designs for Women (2007-08), Team Fat Birds UK (2006)

Emma Pooley career profile

Pooley was initially spotted after her fourth place at the British National Road Race in 2005 and soon signed for Team Fat Birds UK.

Pooley has had several successes on the road including first in the Rund um Schönaich in 2007 as well as winning the Trofeo Alfredo Binda in 2008.

Emma has since ridden for the Team Specialized Designs Squad and has now signed for the Cervelo-Lifeforce team for 2009, and her experience on the road was invaluable for Nicole Cooke in her Olympic-Worlds double.

A strong climber, Pooley was key in whittling down Cooke's rivals in the Olympic road race. She recovered well to take a silver medal in the time trial in Beijing, an event which is not her forte.

At the end of 2012 after her AA Drink squad disbanded due to lack of sponsorship, Pooley was rumoured to be considering retirement from the sport but signed with the Bigla team for 2013, and then Lotto-Belisol for 2014.

Emma Pooley results
2014
British time trial national champion

Giro Rosa; stage six

2013
Tour Languedoc Roussillon; stage three

Tour Languedoc Roussillon; overall

Tour de Feminin - O cenu Ceského Švýcarska; stage three

Tour de Feminin - O cenu Ceského Švýcarska; stage five

2012

Emakumeen Saria
Emakumeen Bira; stage two
Tour de l'Ardeche; stage three

Tour de l'Ardeche; stage six

Tour de l'Ardeche; overall

2011

Trofeo Alfredo Binda
Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira, stage 3a ITT
Giro Donne; stage eight

Thuringen Rundfahrt; stage four

Thuringen Rundfahrt; mountains classification
Tour de l'Ardeche; stage three
Tour de l'Ardeche; overall

2010

Tour de l'Aude; stage seven

Tour de l'Aude; overall

La Fleche Wallonne Feminine

Grand Prix Suisse (TT)

Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs

Giro del Trentino; stage one

Giro del Trentino; overall

National champion, road race
Giro Donne; mountains classification
World Champion: Women's time trial

2009

Montreal World Cup

GP de Plouay-Bretagne World Cup

GP Costa Etrusca

Grande Boucle; stage one

Grande Boucle; stage three

Grande Boucle; overall

Tour de Berne; climbers' classification

Tour de l'Ardèche; mountains classification

Tour de l'Ardèche; sprint classification

National time trial champion

2008

Trofeo Alfredo Binda

Olympic Games time trial, silver medal

2007

Weiach

Rund um Schönaich

Emma Pooley photos

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